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August 26, 2019 | Freight

GB Railfreight receives new wagons from Greenbrier

GB Railfreight has taken delivery of an initial batch of 25 JNA-T open wagons, which are being manufactured by Greenbrier Europe in Romania.

August 22, 2019 | Infrastructure

Network Rail awards five-year technical and support contracts

BRITISH network manager Network Rail (NR) has awarded contracts to Altran and Aecom to support the delivery of work within its Safety, Technical and Engineering (STE) strategic plan during Control Period 6 (CP6), which runs from 2019-2024.

August 21, 2019 | High-speed

Terms of independent HS2 review released

BRITISH secretary of state for transport, Mr Grant Shapps, announced the terms of an independent review into the High Speed 2 (HS2) project on August 21, which will consider the necessity, scope and cost of the project.

August 20, 2019 | Fleet

Bombardier wins East Midlands train maintenance deal

ABELLIO, which took over the operation of the East Midlands Railway (EMR) franchise in Britain on August 18, together with rolling stock leasing company Eversholt Rail, have awarded a £133m three-year contract to Bombardier to maintain the fleet of class 222 200km/h DMUs.

August 16, 2019 | Europe

NS reports strong first-half growth but warns of looming capacity crunch

GROWTH in passenger volumes on Netherlands Railways (NS) services significantly outstripped projections, according to the company’s first half results, which were released on August 16.

August 14, 2019 | Main line

FirstGroup-Trenitalia wins West Coast Partnership

BRITAIN’s Department for Transport (DfT) has selected a joint venture of FirstGroup and Trenitalia UK as operator of the West Coast Partnership (WCP) franchise, which encompasses inter-city services on the West Coast Main Line (WCML) and the initial phase of operations on High Speed 2 (HS2).

August 13, 2019 | Fleet

Snowdon Mountain Railway to order hybrid locomotives

SNOWDON Mountain Railway has begun the process of replacing its existing diesel locomotives, which have been in service on the Welsh heritage railway since 1985, and has named Clayton Equipment, Britain, as preferred supplier to supply two hybrid diesel-battery locomotives.

August 7, 2019 | Commuter Rail

Southeastern franchise bid cancelled

BRITAIN’s Department for Transport (DfT) has cancelled the competition to operate the Southeastern franchise and awarded incumbent operator Go-Ahead Southeastern a direct-award contract extension that will run until April 2020.

August 6, 2019 | Commuter Rail

Gospel Oak - Barking line services fully electric

SERVICES over London Overground’s Gospel Oak - Barking line are now exclusively operated by four-car class 710 Aventra EMUs after the legacy two-car DMUs were phased out. One month free travel will be offered between August 31 and October 1 as compensation for the late delivery of the new fleet.

August 2, 2019 | Infrastructure

Network Rail submits planning application for sleeper factory

BRITISH infrastructure manager Network Rail (NR) has submitted a planning application to build a sleeper manufacturing facility at Bescot in the West Midlands.

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